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US leader’s trip to kenya: 12 things revealed President barack Obama made several revelations during his three day visit to Kenya. We look at twelve of the issues he touched on

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resident Uhuru Kenyatta left Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for Nairobi last evening, skipping an impending historic address to African Union leaders by US President Barack Obama.

Mr Obama was set to become the first US leader to deliver a speech at the 54-member body, which is headquartered in Ethiopia on the last day of his trip to East Africa.

However, President Kenyatta who flew to Ethiopia

yesterday morning only attended the multilateral meeting on South Sudan and counterterrorism, which Obama had convened.

He then flew back to Kenya after the meeting arriving at the Jomo Kenyatta International

Airport in Nairobi shortly before 9pm.

“Received by Deputy President William Ruto at JKIA when I arrived from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this evening,” a post on his Facebook page said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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STATE WELCOME: President Uhuru Kenyatta shakes hands with Obama when he hosted the US leader at a dinner at State House, Nairobi last weekend.

Mr Kenyatta skipped a scheduled address to AU leaders by President Obama in Ethiopia today.

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Uhuru skips Obama AU address From Page 1 Mr Kenyatta is one of the AU leaders as Kenya is a member of the pan-African body.

But he could have preferred to skip the address after Mr Obama himself spend three days in Kenya on the first leg on his tour during which he was hosted by President Kenyatta and already discussed key issues around his speech in Addis Ababa.

Mr Obama’s address, which was

scheduled to be delivered at 11am today, was expected to revolve around accelerating economic growth, strengthening democratic institutions and tackling insecurity.

All these are issues he already addressed in Kenya prior to visiting Ethiopia.

There had earlier been conflicting reports that AU chairman, Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe would not attend the session. Mugabe had last month sharply criticised

IGAD earns Obama praise in tackling S. Sudan conflict US President Barack Obama has commended the InterGovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the African Union for their steadfast push for a lasting solution to the South Sudan conflict. The US President said IGAD and AU have shown extraordinary leadership in trying to address the devastating situation in South Sudan.

“I want to thank IGAD for the outstanding work they’re doing, the African Union for their leadership as well.

And as a consequence of this discussion, our hope is that we can actually bring about the kind of peace that the people of South Sudan so desperately need,” he said yesterday after convening a meeting in Ethiopia to seek an end to the 19-month old conflict.

The meeting was attended

by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, President Kenyatta (Kenya), President Yoweri Museveni (Uganda) and AU Commission Chairperson Dlamini Zuma. President Kenyatta affirmed Kenya’s commitment to a speedy resolution of the South Sudan conflict even as he expressed concern that it had dragged for longer than expected.

He said IGAD member states have been at the forefront in efforts to end the South Sudan conflict and have engaged the warring parties in talks both in Nairobi and Addis Ababa.

The Addis Ababa meeting exuded optimism that the South Sudan warring parties will strike a peace deal that will end the suffering of the citizens of Africa’s youngest nation by August 17.

Obama following the US leader’s remarks on gays.

Relations between the US and Zimbabwe remain frosty. In August last year, the White House hosted a huge Washington summit of African leaders but Mugabe was conspicuously left out, uninvited.

But correspondents say the two leaders will meet in Addis Ababa shortly after Obama addresses the Union.

Obama’s address will also address

the ongoing conflict in Burundi, just a day after Burundian Parliament held its first sitting after the disputed elections. Obama during his visit to Kenya said that the US will not recognise the outcome of the election in Burundi after President Pierre Nkurunziza was elected for the contested third term in office.

Only yesterday during the talks on South Sudan, Obama warned President Salva Kiir and his

nemesis Riek Machar that time is running out for them to find a breakthrough.

“We don’t have a lot of time.

The conditions on the ground are getting much much worse.

The humanitarian situation is worsening,” he said in Ethiopia yesterday.

He called to tougher sanctions if the warring parties fail to end the conflict by mid-August.

CS WAIGURU AVOIDS MPS AS MEETING IS POSTPONED

CANCELED: Devolution CS Anne Waiguru whe she faced the parliamentary committee earlier this month. A similar meeting scheduled for today was postponed.

A planned grilling of Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru’s by a parliamentary committee was cancelled today after the minister excused herself saying she had prior engagements.

Waiguru was set to appear today morning before the Finance, Trade and Planning Committee but she wrote to committee saying she had some prior engagements hence could not make it for the session.

Early this month, Waiguru attended a similar session with the same committee over the National Youth Service projects and government programmes under her docket but the meeting turned political as Cord and Jubilee legislators exchanged barbs.

The legislators, who were

meant to hear Waiguru out, instead turned the heat on each other, prompting throwing out of two legislators from the session.

Waiguru has been at the centre of a multi-million scam surrounding the NYS procurement process with the opposition calling for her suspension and that of the NYS Senior Deputy Director General Adan Harakhe.

Statehouse through spokesman Manoah Esipisu said that Waiguru has not been implicated in any scandal and is not being investigated by any state agency. The Devolution CS was scheduled to appear before the committee today to respond to queries by Bura MP Ali Wario, Majority Leader Aden Duale and Laikipia North MP Mathew Lempurkel.

‘German-Somali’ behind hotel blast in Mogadishu A German of Somali origin is suspected to have been the suicide bomber who struck in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Sunday, a Somali intelligence officer has said.

The male bomber was believed to be from the city of Bonn, said the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity as investigations were continuing.

The attack on the five-star Jazeera Palace Hotel killed 15 people.

Al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaeda, said it carried out the bombing.

A number of people from the US and Europe are known to have previously travelled to Somalia to join the group. And the revelations increases the notion that foreign jihadists are now active members of the militants

following last month’s botched attack in Lamu where Kenyan military killed 11 terrorists, among them western fighters.

Kenyan ambassador to Somalia Lucas Tumbo survived the latest attack in which a local MP was killed alongside his guards.

Two Kenyans were injured during the incident which occurred over the weekend.

US President Barack Obama, who is in Ethiopia has condemned the attack.

Foreign experts are at the site of the blast to help with investigations.

The Somali intelligence officer said the bomber was a Somali-German.

Germany has not yet commented on the allegation.

The officer said they were still trying to establish how the bombing was masterminded.

A lorry was used to carry out the attack on the hotel near the heavily secured airport - and the blast was one of the largest to have hit the city in about eight years.

It is the third time the Jazeera Palace Hotel, which was opened by a Somali who returned from the US, has been the target of al-Shabab militants.

It is popular with international diplomats and also accommodates several embassies including those of China, Qatar and Egypt.

A Chinese embassy worker was among the dead as well as three members of the hotel staff.

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Poor people commit the most crimes Poor people are responsible for most of the crimes committed in Kenya.

Poverty and income inequality are, in fact, the major causes of violence, conflict and general insecurity in the country, a study from the Development Policy Management Forum dubbed “A Profile of Crime and Insecurity in Kenya”, has revealed.

Regardless of corrupt officials and numerous fat cats that often embezzle public and private funds, the majority of crimes are caused by the underprivileged members of society.

Wealthy criminals may still millions but poor criminals have the monopoly on the number of crimes committed.

From theft, to acts of vandalism, intimidation and robbery, poor people account for many of the crimes committed across the country. “Inequality, in terms of access to

social amenities and economic opportunities, is also a big contributory factor in exacerbating crime,” says an excerpt from the published study. It adds that most crimes committed are poverty-related with crimes such as stealing and robberies forming the bulk of recorded offences.

The research sourced its conclusions from quantitative data, statistical abstracts and Kenya Police records. Recent studies have shown that the high levels of crime evident in the country are caused not only by poverty but by urbanization and low levels of education as well. Uneducated Kenyans tend to become career criminals in cases where they have no other means of supporting themselves or their families. Other criminals pick up the trade when they move to urban parts of the country with no way to feasibly support themselves.

Academic bar for police recruits to be raised Radical reforms aimed at changing the tainted police image in the country is in the offing, National Police Service Commission has said.

Candidates willing to join police service from next year will now be required to have a minimum education qualification of a C (plain) from the current D (plus).

National Police Service Commission Chairman, Johnston Kavuludi said that they will continue to raise the academic bar every year so that the service can get the right people.

“We will continue to raise the minimum grade every year so as to get the right people into the police service,” Kavuludi said.

“The recruits will also go through four stringent stages over the 90-day period to ensure that only people with the required qualifications and integrity make their way into the service. We want an untainted police service so that we can get rid of vices like corruption and indulgence into crime by some

elements, Kavuludi added.

Kavuludi said the raising of the entry education level is part of the reforms that the police service is set undergo.

He said that joining police service will no longer be a walk in the park as has been the norm as in future, those willing to join the police service will be required to apply just like in any other job.

“We want an untainted police service made up of people of high integrity and good morals so that we can get rid of vices like corruption and indulgence into crime by some elements, “Kavuludi said while in Ikolomani during the constituency education day.

“We shall start the process by advertising for the positions. Those interested will then apply just like any other job and after going through their letters, CVs and testimonials, we shall publish names of those who will have succeeded for oral interviews,” he added. Kavuludi said recruitment into the service will no longer be ‘a walk in the park’.

8 out of 10 businesses started by youths likely to fail: UNESCO Thousands of youths who have access to funds lack entrepreneurial skills and cannot engage in successful ventures, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has said.

UNESCO now wants the Kenyan government to partner with institutions of higher learning to provide youths with skills on how to make it in the business front. Speaking during the Association of African Women for Research and Development meeting at the University of Nairobi’s Gender Research and Documentation Centre, UNESCO programmes specialist Addul Lamin said thousands of youths who are beneficiaries of government funds lack practical entrepreneurial skills, thus are unable to engage in successful business ventures. He observed that eight out of 10 businesses started by youths are likely to fail due to lack of effective skills on business management

Lamu County to install CCTV to enhance security

aiming higher: national police service commission chairman Johnstone kavuludi. he has revealed plans to raise the bar for police recruits.

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OBama tO help fight graft: US President Barack Obama committed to help President Uhuru Kenyatta deal with graft in one olf the agreements signed over the weekend. Obama acknowledged Uhuru’s stated commitment to strengthening a national campaign on good governance and anti-corruption and his call to action in his State lf the Nation Address on March 26. According to the agreement between the two countries, the US welcomed this move and Washington and Nairobi committed to work together on anti-corruption.

The US also committed to help the interagency task force reviewing, the anti-corruption laws to come...

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The county government of Lamu is set to install CCTV cameras along the beaches and the sea to improve the security of tourists visiting the beaches. The move is aimed at monitoring the operations at the beaches as a result of insecurity that has hit the coastal county. Lamu county Tourism Executive Samia Omar says plans have been completed to ensure that tourist who visit the area feel secure. The county government has also done a pilot project along Shell and Manda islands and the Kipungani Channel where a number of tourists were kidnapped about three years ago. “We are confident that this will provide a lasting solution, and we can confirm that all plans have been complete to ensure that we are through with this exercise by the end of this year,” she said.

Omar said that the project has received the support of the national government which is also building a wall along the sea to improve security in the area.

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Obama’s trip to Kenya: 12 things US President Barack Obama spent last weekend speaking to Kenyans. Here are 12 things he revealed.

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On his first trip to Kenya the airline lost his bag “The first time I came to Kenya, things were a little different. When I arrived at Kenyatta Airport, the airline lost my bags. That doesn’t happen on Air Force One. They always have my luggage on Air Force One. “Auma picked me up in an old Volkswagen Beetle, and think the entire stay I was here it broke down four or five times.”

He keeps discovering more members of his family “There’s more immediate family that I had known well from previous visits...

In these extended families, there are cousins and uncles and aunties that show up that you didn’t know existed, but you’re always happy to meet.”

His grandfather was a cook for the British army “I found the passbook he had had to carry as a domestic servant. It listed his age and his height, his tribe, listed the number of teeth he had missing.

And he was referred to as a ‘boy’, even though he was a grown man, in that passbook.

“And he was in the King’s African Rifles during the Second World War, and was taken to the far reaches of the British Empire - all the way to Burma.

And back home after the war, he was eventually detained for a time because he was linked to a group that opposed British rule...

“A young, ambitious Kenyan today should not have to do what my grandfather did, and serve a foreign master.”

He gave health tips to Kenya’s president “We see the legacy of Kip Keino every time a Kenyan wins one of our marathons. And maybe the first lady of Kenya is going to win one soon. I told the president he has to start running with his wife. We want him to stay fit.”

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with the speed of how fast you can text.

“I can’t text very fast...

“Every day around the world, millions of people send and save money with [the Kenyan mobile money transfer service] M-Pesa... From Zimbabwe to Bangladesh, citizens work to keep elections safe, using the crowdsourcing platform Ushahidi - and that’s a great idea that started right here in Kenya.”

He was corrected on poaching figures He told a room of civil society leaders.

“20,000 elephants have been lost in recent years”.

This was then corrected by Paula Kahumbu from WildlifeDirect who told him that 30,000 elephants are being killed every year in Africa. “That’s one every 15 minutes”, she added.

His Power Africa project, launched in 2013, has not generated any electricity yet “I noted that there was an article in a US publication suggesting, well, there’s no electricity being generated from this yet. The next time somebody is interested in how electricity gets generated, go back home and find out how long it takes to build a power plant.

“I mean, sometimes these are longterm projects, but we have billions of dollars of transactions already locked in, and billions more in the pipeline.”

into the pocket of somebody who’s actually doing an honest day’s work.”

“My hometown of Chicago was infamous for Al Capone and the mob and organised crime corrupting law enforcement. But what happened was that over time people got fed up, and leaders stood up and they said, we’re not going to play that game anymore.”

He said women were “powerhouse entrepreneurs” “Any nation that fails to educate its girls or employ its women and allowing them to maximize their potential is doomed to fall behind in a global economy.

“You know, we’re in a sports centre.

Imagine if you have a team and you don’t let half of the team play. That’s stupid.

That makes no sense. And the evidence shows that communities that give their daughters the same opportunities as their sons, they are more peaceful, they are more prosperous, they develop faster, they are more likely to succeed.”

He sees a lottery of birth in Kenya “A young child in Nyanza Province is four times more likely to die than a child in Central Province - even though they are equal in dignity and the eyes of God. That’s a gap that has to be closed.

He’s slow at texting but thinks mobiles are the future “Through these technological platforms, what might have previously required huge investments of capital, and as a consequence, big barriers to entry, now you can get a startup moving, and if it’s the right idea, it can travel

He said corruption costs thousands of jobs “Across the country, one study shows corruption costs Kenyans 250,000 jobs every year because every shilling that’s paid as a bribe could be put

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President Barack Obama will visit the Maasai Mara Game reserve and Lamu in his next visit to Kenya.

In an exclusive interview with Capital FM on Sunday afternoon, Obama disclosed that he has set his sights on visiting the coastal county where he once went on a fishing expedition upon leaving office.

He also plans to visit the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and climb Mt Kilimanjaro.

“I still love going to the Masai Mara and the Serengeti, it’s magical” President Obama said, “Lamu is also high on my list.

My wife Michelle and I went there when we were engaged.”

He described the intimate moments he and his wife shared in Lamu during their engagement, “I remember taking the dhows out to the sea for fishing and then cooking the fish right at the beach… It was remarkable!”

“I know that there are still places in this beautiful nation that I have not discovered yet so I going have to make sure that I get back and it is not just Kenya, there is an ecosystem that is connected from Uganda to Tanzania. Climbing Kilimanjaro seems like

“A girl in Rift Valley is far less likely to attend secondary school than a girl in Nairobi. That’s a gap that has to be closed.”

He links good driving and gay rights “If somebody is a law-abiding citizen who is going about their business, and working in a job, an obeying the traffic signs - and doing all the other things that good citizens are supposed to do, and not harming anybody - the idea that they are going to be treated differently or abused because of who they love is wrong. Full stop.”

He thinks Kenya is “on the move” “When I came here as a US senator, I pointed out that South Korea’s economy was the same as Kenya’s when I was born, and then was 40 times larger than Kenya’s. Think about that. It started at the same place - South Korea had gone here, and Kenya was here. But today, that gap has been cut in half just in the last decade. Which means Kenya is making progress.”

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something that should be on my list of things to do once I get out of here. The Secret Service does not like me climbing mountains but as a private citizen hopefully I can get away with something like that,” he said.

Obama also revealed that he will bring along his family in the next visit.

“You can expect me not only being back, but probably more important for everybody, Michelle, Malia and Sasha will also be coming back because they have a great love for this country and its people,” he said on Saturday during a press conference at State House,

Nairobi. In his interview with Capital FM, he reiterated calls to leaders to nurture the talents of the youth to ensure they prosper to become future leaders who can change the world.

“I keep on meeting all these incredible young people across the continent and to make sure that not only do they have access to resources and networks but that they also get to know each other but get a global perspective and can learn from each other whatever the field whether they are going into business, politics or want to start an NGO,” he stated.

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The impact of GES 2015, what’s next for Kenya, Africa?

As the Global Entrepreneurship Summit came to an end and, US President Barack Obama praised Africa for its economic advancements, as one of the fastest growing regions in the world, what’s next?

While co-hosting the summit with President Uhuru Kenyatta, in Nairobi, Mr. Obama said, “Africa is on the move”.

“People are being lifted out of poverty, incomes are up, the middle class is growing and young people are harnessing technology to change the way Africa is doing business,” he told the summit.

The GES according to Mr. Kenyatta was aimed at promoting businesses that promise to lift many more Africans out of poverty and help insulate societies against radicalization.

Kenya is the biggest economy in Eastern Africa, it is one of the perceived stars, having grown out of its people’s ingenuity in the absence of oil or other natural resources.

The country’s thriving technology sector, for example, has produced world-leading mobile money and crowdsourcing applications.

Consequently, Kenya and the rest of Africa were not underscored as Obama announced new commitments to promote

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entrepreneurship as a driver for economic growth, social inclusion, and secure communities.

The U.S. Government will commit significant new resources to advance entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa: the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) will support up to $200 million for Equity Bank Group lending of $450 million in foreign currency, with a focus on youth and women, to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) over the next five years.

OPIC signed a memorandum of understanding to explore OPIC financing of $100 million in Goldman Sachs, 10,000 Women and the International Finance Corporation’s Women Entrepreneurs Opportunity Facility, extending debt investments to help support financial institutions supporting women-owned small and medium enterprises worldwide.

USAID will provide a $25 million Loan Portfolio Guarantee to support Deutsche Bank’s newly launched $50 million Essential Capital Consortium (ECC) Fund, a debt fund focused on lending to social enterprises targeting the financial services, energy, and health sectors around

the world, including sub-Saharan Africa.

The Department of State’s successful Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative will launch Africa-focused GIST TechConnect, GIST Startup Boot Camps, and GIST STEM Women’s Village Workshops to train, mentor, and connect more than 10,000 young African science and technology entrepreneurs, with a focus on women, by July 2016.

The Department of State’s African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP), Caterpillar Inc., Caterpillar Foundation, and Startup Cup will open the third new Women’s Entrepreneurship Centers of Resources, Education, Access, and Training for Economic Empowerment (WECREATE), in Mali this year, in addition to the centers already open in Zambia and Kenya. The centers are expected to create 7,194 new jobs and 630 certified female mentors by October 2016.

President Obama has called upon the private sector to lend their support to entrepreneurs around the world through capital mentorship, training, and partnerships. At GES 2015, private sector companies around the world

committed to train and mentor over 1 million burgeoning entrepreneurs and pledged nearly $700 million of capital to the next generation of entrepreneurs: Over the next three years, Chase Bank Kenya will lend over $580 million to entrepreneurs with small and medium enterprises, with a focus on youth and women, ensuring that formal credit lines can be extended to entrepreneurs who would otherwise not have access to formal financing.

Village Capital announced $13.2 million to supporting entrepreneurs at the critical seed-funding stage who are solving major problems in society. VilCap Investment anticipates that over the life of the fund, 25 entrepreneurs in Kenya will receive critical seed-stage support.

The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation (TCCAF) pledged $4.5 million towards a new youth empowerment initiativethat will provide life skills training, business skills training and access to employment and mentoring for 25,000 young Africans.

The Youth Empowered for Success (YES!) program will empower marginalized youth in six African countries, leveraging technology and strategic partnerships.

Nairobi’s beautification to continue, County government says

WE ARE NOT STOPPING: Contractors work on an access road in the outskirts of Nairobi CBD. The county government has notified the beautification process will continue. PHOTO: Courtesy.

The Nairobi beautification process, which began along major highways of the city, will go on despite the end of US President Barack Obama’s visit, the County government has said.

Environment County Executive, Evans Ondieki stated earlier yesterday that the initiative was a long-term process, which did not end with Obama’s visit.

He stated that the beautification of the City will be ongoing and called on all city residents to be cooperative as City Hall does its work.

“This was a long-term project, which was not taking place because of Obama. We will still be doing it moving forward and we might

extend it to other areas of the city,” he said.

Ondieki added that the beautification process will continue to be undertaken on all major highways and open spaces.

“All the major road corridors means Lang’ata, Ngong Road, Limuru, Waiyaki way Mombasa Road, Jogoo roads Juja and Karen roads among all these other roads,” he said.

“The bottom line is, we are going to beautify all these areas and not only the major road corridors but also all the open spaces of which we have got more than 120 in the city,” Ondieki stated. He emphasized that the program will ensure that the city becomes a destination of choice, especially to tourists.

Trade secretary casts liberalization plan ahead of WTO caucus Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary, Amina Mohamed, has urged teams engaged on trade negotiations in Geneva to speed up development of a work programme for trade liberalization.

Ahead of the 10th World Trade Organization (WTO) December Ministerial Conference in Nairobi,

CS Amina expressed concern about limited progress in preparation of a detailed working programme on freeing up trade.

“Not much time is left. We must, therefore, speed up and conclude negotiations on a Post-Bali Work Programme that reduces trade barriers and fuels the growth of the

global economy,” she said.

According to her, the work programme should strike balance between agriculture and services as well as special needs and interests of the developing and least developing countries.

Speaking in Geneva during Information Session on the logistical

preparation for the conference, the CS assured necessary arrangements are in place and Kenya is ready to host more than 7,000 delegates, civil society representatives and the media.

“The 10 sub-committees are dedicated to specific aspects of the Conference namely conference

facilities, security, registration and accreditation, hotel accommodation and hospitality, publicity and communication as well as transport, protocol and liaison,” She explained.

Kenya won the bid to host the conference among the 162 membership that WTO across the world.

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PRICE DRIVER You are probably paying more money for rent as compared to three months ago.

Average house prices in Kenya have increased by 0.2% during the second quarter of 2015 compared to the previous quarter’s 2.75%.

For instance, apartment prices appear to be moving more than those of bungalows and maisonettes.

Similarly, the demand for units was influenced by the location and available social amenities.

According to Jared Osoro, Kenya Bankers Association Director of Research and Policy, the house

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price movements reveal the linkages between bungalows and apartments.

“We have found that especially in the high end of the market which we have clustered into Regions 2 and 3 that demand for bungalows hinges on the desire to redevelop the property into apartments,” he said.

As observed by Kenya Bankers Association Housing Price Index a preference for gated communities implied the importance of convenience and security.

According to KBA-HPI, stabilisation of overall house prices against demand-supply dynamics were

influenced by the effects of a slowed economic growth and emerging macroeconomic instability.

Consistent with the previous quarter, the size of a unit was a key price driver; this was drawn from the demand that was influenced by the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and availability of a backyard and domestic staff quarters Other factors that influenced the price movements include the size of the land the house was sitting on, flexibility of the house to redevelopment, and social amenities in the neighbourhood.

HIGH RATES: Apartments in Nairobi are a preference for the rising Kenyan middle class. A surge in rent is attributed to their demand.

Uber turns blind eye to disability to aid the deaf Uber and the Kenya National Association of the Deaf (KNAD) have come up with an innovative feature that will allow the deaf and hardof-hearing Kenyans earn an income as taxi drivers.

The development, which is

the first of its kind in Africa, stems from a collaboration between Uber, the innovative smartphone app that seamlessly connects riders to drivers, and KNAD. The Association has helped Uber understand the

challenges deaf and hardof-hearing people overcome every day, explains Jambu Palaniappan, Regional General Manager for Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa.

“As a result we’re introducing new features on the Uber app

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which are designed to make it easier for deaf and hard-ofhearing Kenyans to become partner-drivers and earn an income,” Palaniappan added in a recent statement.

“The new settings we’re announcing today are a first step but we’re already thinking about how else we can help, through education and awareness, remove the barrier between deaf and hearing people in our cities,”

he said. It is estimated that up to 4 million Kenyans are deaf or hard-of-hearing.

Recent studies have revealed that many of them are economically disadvantaged with almost two-thirds currently unemployed.

“Part of our mission is to promote public and private sector policies and initiatives that meet the rights and needs of the deaf community,” said Nickson O. Kakiri,

National Chairman of the Kenya National Association of the Deaf.

“This partnership, which will make it easier for deaf and hard of hearing individuals to work, is a welcome development,” he noted.

The new innovation follows a cash payment option launched by Uber in Nairobi in May, which was propelled by a growing demand for the firm’s services.

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Proposed World Bank procurement framework approved The World Bank’s Executive Directors have approved a new policy governing procurement in projects financed by it.

The new policies will enhance clients’ needs while preserving robust procurement standards throughout bank-supported projects.

Christopher Brown, WB’s Chief Procurement Officer said, “The new framework is central to the banks

development mission because it protects investment and at the same time helps clients deliver results in their development projects.

As per the new framework, the lender said, new contacts award will be based on criteria for quality and sustainability other than lowest prices.

The bank’s procurement system affects a portfolio of about Sh4.2trillion in over 1,800 projects in 172

countries including Kenya which has 23 national and 9 regional operations worth Sh 77.8 billion.

The new procurement framework will be reinforced in 2016 mainly focusing on transport, energy, water, urban, health, public sector management and social protection. In the fiscal year 2014, the bank approved Sh62.5 billion compared to Sh62.3 billion committed in 2013.

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For the three days POTUS was in Kenya some musical groups stood out while others were driven to the periphery, we know why. sauti sol

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ven though the hands of time are moving fast and generational changes are dictating musical preferences, afro fusion as a genre of music and afro fusion artistes are adamantly remaining relevant through the years. The evolution of music has seen the sprouting of several genres such as ‘kapuka’, ‘genge’, and ‘ghiphuka’ locally and internationally but afro fusion still stands supreme. suzanna owiyo This supremacy was evident when POTUS was in town and the only artistes who got to serenade him were Sauti Sol, Eric Wainaina Sauti Sol all time star moment with two presidents. and Suzanna Owiyo – all afro fusion artistes. nominated in the Grammy and MTV awards Why? You may ask. Sauti Sol, a Kenyan afrorespectively. pop band formed by vocalists Bien-Aimé Seconded as one of the country’s patriots Baraza, Willis Chimano, Delvin Mudigi when it comes to music, Eric Wainaina whose and Polycarp Otieno have over the years compositions have dwelled on national unity done well to build their brand to what and the fight against graft showed his prowess it is now. Their debut album ‘Mwanzo’ when he got to hold the microphone at the followed by Sol Filosofia have earned Kasarani indoor arena. His musical journey the group a number of accolades and dates back to his childhood and with notable international awards nominations. releases such as Kenya Only, Ritwa riaku, Nchi Their singles have never disappointed ya kitu kidogo among others, Eric has received with one of their latest titled Sura laudable international appeal. His rendition of yako being Daima mimi Mkeya left many a citizens in tears a favorite to of joy at Kasarani. many. It is this Having performed for Nelson Mandela before number that saw President a mammoth crowd, held several abroad Barack Obama button his coat and step onto tours and shows, Suzanna Owiyo is not new the dance floor at the state dinner banquet. It all to the limelight. A daughter of the lakeside, started when Sauti Sol performed at president’s ‘Nyatiti’ player, a vocalist and a guitarist she Kenyatta’s birthday last year which culminated was introduced to music at an early age by her in the group being invited to state house again grandfather who was a prolific ‘Nyatiti’ player. It perform for Ban Ki Moon and from then on, the was while preparations were being made for the group has been the official UK entertainment centennial celebrations of the city of Kisumu, of choice. They even captured President Uhuru’s that Suzanna was requested to compose a theme heart with their song, Sura Yako which he can song for the opening ceremony. In front of a sing along to word for word. The all boy band capacity crowd of 60,000 people “Kisumu 100” has had successful tours in Europe as well as was born and immediate success followed; a in Africa, topped Kenyan charts and gained prolonged applause and a standing ovation. international attention with shows in Europe Suzanna’s music is a fusion of traditional western and the US. In 2104 and 2015 they were eric wainaina Kenyan music and contemporary rhythms.

Traditional instruments (Nyatiti, orutu,bul.) always feature in her songs as heard on Janyau, the first track of her album ‘Yamo Kudho’ (the wind is blowing). It is these success that have earned her recognition locally and internationally and thus a chance to perform for Obama which she did beautifully. Even though Nameless did not perform for POTUS his hit single coming home was often played in the background as the message was right for POTUS’s homecoming. It is without a doubt clear that the choice of artistes to perform for the world’s most powerful man was an afro fusion affair with the message in the songs, delivery, appeal and performance being highly put into consideration. However, there were other lucky non fusion artistes like the president’s niece, Kavi Pratt who performed spectacularly with the Nairobi Ochestra. In fact, Kavi Pratt sang At Last and POTUS sang along to it word for word. Be it as it may every Afro fusion artiste now has reason to brag and continue churning out good music. Idd Aziz told XAccess,” it was a proud moment. While Abbi Inyinza simply said,’ we have conquered the world’ referencing the three performances by the afro pop greats.

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raditionally the Meru people had a great taboo about death, and strongly believed that a corpse was defiled and was not to be touched.

They referred to this as rukuu (detached from the living). For instance if people in the community realised that someone was about to die, they would take him to the forest and shelter him in a hut called “hut of death” and his name was not to be mentioned anymore. If someone died at home, the hut had to be destroyed and the body dragged out by a rope to the bush where it was abandoned. The fear was too strong in that, whoever disposed of the body was required to undergo a cleansing ritual, ‘kwenja rukuu’.The ritual involved shaving of the family members and vice versa. This was then followed by a sexual ritual, which symbolised having found a replacement for the deceased.

If a child was not married, after the death of one’s parents, the council immediately proposed a girl or a boy for marriage, leaving the arrangement for dowry and the marriage to a later time. However, the corpse of a barren woman was viewed as a curse and no member of the family would want to touch her. A close relative of the deceased would give out a goat to ‘a ritual cleanser’ who would in turn carry out the sexual act. If the deceased was a widower, the public undertaker had to go somewhere else to look for a woman whose husband had passed away, or a public woman undertaker.

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azarine Nato is not your average girl. She has a degree in engineering and is not afraid to get her hands dirty; she can draw and paint. It all started in her younger years when she asked her cousin to help her draw the Jonny Bravo cartoon but her cousin mocked her by telling her that she couldn’t draw because she was a girl. “I got so mad, I went and drew all the cartoons from Cartoon Network and Disney to show him the next holiday.” She tells X Access.

Her art can be described as dynamic and versatile because she started from painting and drawing and she has now extended to designing logos, t-shirts, posters and even dresses.

“Now that I have an engineering degree I tend to look for opportunities to create art with a different perspective.

I believe that I was made to create and leave a few beautiful things behind.”

She says. Nato loves to work with charcoal, ink and acrylic paints as they make her art come alive. The time she takes on a painting depends on its complexity “I have painted a mural within a day and drawings of great detail in just 4 hours.”

For Nazarine, beauty inspires art and art captures beauty. “The beauty can be obvious or not, I may see an old woman and the kindness in her eyes moves me to paint, I may see a beautiful girl or a shy boy and feel moved to capture their personality.”

She says. What

makes her art unique and different is the fact that she is very creative and she also draws with ease. She is not afraid to take risks even if it means improvising so as to get the perfect drawing or painting.

The stereotype that females cannot be artists is one of the challenges that this artist faced when starting out.

The belief that money cannot be made using art is also another challenge according to Nazarine, who also adds discouragement from family members and friends when one decides to pursue arts to the list of challenges.

Perhaps her biggest challenge is that art materials are expensive and financial support is often not forthcoming. Though many artists still lack resources, knowledge and capital to develop their career based on their talents, she thinks that the art industry in Kenya is at a good place as most of the cash is being made using art in advertising, fashion and photography but she quickly adds that it can be better.

Her future plans include building a creatives institute.

“My hopes are to combine art, science and entrepreneurship to promote scientific research, artistic talent and entrepreneurship to create products that the world needs while providing a platform for creative, innovative young minds through training exposure scholarships. “ That’s what happens when girls mean business err art.

Nazarine Nato

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amani releasing another new song this week We can all be forgiven for forgetting about her, but it seems one time sexy singer Amani is slowly making a comeback into the music industry. She released her latest song Kizunguzungu earlier this year and is now set to release another single on Thursday. The singer uploaded a clip of a teaser of the song online. The song is called Diamond in the rough. We hear she has also teased fans live on one of her Girls Night Out event in Rongai, can we hold our breath?

Kanye west throws major tantrum on stage Kim K’s husband is known to be a perfectionist and if things don’t go his way he tends to throw a tantrum. On Sunday, the actor was performing at the closing ceremony of Pan Am Games in Canada when the sound of his mic was cut off.

The artiste who was not happy about it threw his mic in the air and left the stage. He had only performed 13 minutes of his set and had already energized the crowd. After his exit the crowd was furious and could not be calmed down. The organizers have stated that the artiste’s mic was cut off due to technical issues.

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empire stars engaged Empire is currently the most talked about show at the moment. Fans have been anticipating the comeback for season 2 which is due to air on September 23rd 2015. Two of the stars, Grace Gealey who plays Anika Calhoun and Trai Bryers who plays Andre Lyon have been dating. Though the duo have never confirmed their relationship, they have been spotted together countless times.

On Sunday, Trai proposed to Grace on her birthday who was pleasantly surprised and said yes. The couple are said to have celebrated the whole night.

ASK dr X Dear DR X,

My wife is a great woman who has been the great fit for me so far. However, I have a problem with her job which she seems to enjoy a lot. She travels a lot and works long hours. She may come back home from work cook me dinner then leave again for another work engagement. I make enough to sustain both of us comfortably without her having to stress. I need her to be more present and at home with me. On some days I rarely see her. How do I talk to her without jeopardising our relationship?

—Caleb.

when torn between We all want tall, dark, and handsome boyfriends or supermodel girlfriends, but nobody is perfect.

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hey say that if you love two people, chose the second one because if you really loved the first one, you wouldn’t have fallen for the other one. This might be true in the ideal world, but let’s face it; the real world requires more than just brainy quotes.

Relationship therapists have developed guidelines to emerging in one piece from such a situation, and X Access has narrowed them down to the four most important tips.

Brainstorming Remember when you had to choose between two extremely appealing phones? You probably did some research on the pros and cons of purchasing each phone, and settled on the one that had more advantages over the other. This is exactly what you need to do if you find yourself in this dilemma; list the good

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and bad qualities of both love interests, then settle on the one with more positive attributes. It sounds cruel, but so is the world out there.

Define your feelings We all want tall, dark, and handsome boyfriends or supermodel girlfriends, but nobody is perfect. As such, when in relationships, we at times have crushes on other individuals who possess qualities that our current lovers do not.

Before brewing a storm in a tea cup, take time to analyze whether the relationship you have with both contains the universal ingredients of true love; commitment, passion and intimacy.

The relationship which does not contain these ingredients is nothing more than an innocent crush which is bound to fade over time.

Consult your friends

Friends are good at taking an objective ground while judging which partner is good or bad for you because they have nothing to gain or lose when you ditch one of your lovers.

When in a dilemma such as this, ensure that part of your elimination process involves your close friends.

Be ready for the repercussions Choosing between two interested people means that you are bound to break one person’s heart, and there is nothing you can do to avoid it. The person whose feelings you hurt might end up hating you, but you just have to live with it. Besides, you deserve it for having led them on in the first place. Be careful how you break things off though.

Keep in mind also that you might actually cut loose the right person for you; it is a gamble.

I am uneasy about my wIfe’s job Dear Caleb,

From what you have told us it seems your wife enjoys her job immensely. A woman who works feels great about herself and is proud that she is also contributing towards making your home life wonderful. It would be difficult to convince a woman who has been working and handling her own money to leave her job and be a stay at home wife. That would definitely bring her self-

esteem down. Talk to her and let her know your fears. She may be able to find a way to cut down on the hours or maybe delegate the workload to some junior officers. She may not be aware of your concerns so the sooner you make them known to her the sooner you will find a solution that will suit the both of you.

Good Luck.

DR X.

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@House of Tarzi.

Teasing in style.

The blue skirt is nothing but lovely.

Peplum tops never really disappoint.

Showing off some skin with a bit of sophistication.

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ouse of Tarzi are finally back with a very interesting collection dubbed Bird’s view. The new collection also called fierce draws inspiration from birds ‘The inspiration behind it was hope for better days in times of distress. The collection bird’s view captures the moment just before a bird takes flight as it views the sky in order to establish its destination. This collection symbolizes that brief moment of hope. ‘The head designer told XAccess.

There was no specific fabrics in use although they did mention a preference to soft, silky and interesting fabric. This very artistic collection is nothing but breathtaking especially for costume parties or magazine pages.

The classic one arm dress never grows old.

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BEST... rating: R Genre: Drama Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Oona Laurence Time: 2hrs 3 mins.

Great performance delivered by Jake but the movie falls short. Billy has had huge success in the boxing arena.

He is a boxing champ living the life of his dreams. He has it all, a great career, a loving wife and lovely daughter. Things change when his wife is killed in an accident.

He hits rock bottom, his manager deserts him and his daughter is taken away from him. He turns to the local gym and there he finds support and begins boxing again.

rating: PG 13 Genre: Drama Cast: Cara Delevigne,Natt Wolf, Austin Abrams Time: 1hr 49 mins.

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When they were young, Sam, Will, Ludlow and Eddie used to save the world while playing arcade games. They were champs at it. Now years later, aliens have discovered the arcade games and misin-

Elegant yet fierce.

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terpreted them to mean, earth was declaring war.

Thus the war begins. Will is now the president of the country and he calls on all his playmates to help him win the war. They understand the game more than the aliens do.

paper towns A little more execution could have been done on the characters but overall, the movie is a great watch.

Quentin and Margo have been friends for years. Quentin has had a crash on his neighbour for as long as he can remember but she does not seem to notice.

Margo loved mysteries, she lived and swore by them. One night she takes Quentin on a wild ride at night and then suddenly disappears the next day. She leaves little crumbs of information for Quentin to follow and find her.

Will he find her?

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DAILYHOROSCOPES CAPRICORN Dec 22 - Jan19 More than likely, it’s incredibly important for them to hear it. Just because people don’t ask for your opinion doesn’t mean that it isn’t valid. You have incredible insight that others don’t have. Don’t assume that they know what you’re thinking even though you probably know what they’re thinking.

AQUARIUS Jan 20 - Feb 18 The pace is picking up and you’re scrambling to pick up the pieces. Stay in close communication with others today, for this will be your saving grace. You may require others’ help to gather the documents that have blown across the room. Keep an eye on things so you don’t lose your place.

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TAURUS Apr 20 - May 20 Don’t keep giving someone the runaround. Be strong and let people know your thoughts even if you think their feelings will be hurt. Your job is to protect your emotions. Other people can handle their own. Be aggressive if you have to. Your sanity depends on being true to yourself.

GEMINI May 21 - Jun 21 Don’t be ashamed about releasing these emotions. Your feminine and masculine natures are connected, and they’re working harmoniously to express themselves to the fullest. Open up the gates of communication and let the stampede charge through.

sYour life may seem like an intense roller-coaster ride that never stops. But deep down you realize that you would have it no other way. Take a break from it all today if you can. Communicate your thoughts and feelings. By talking, you will feel much better about the situation.

LIBRA Sep 23 - Oct 22 That’s good. There is a great deal of information to process now. Have you been thinking about buying some new electronic equipment or small appliances for your home? Now is a great time to do some research on this project before you hand over your credit card. Use today to gather facts.

SCORPIO Oct 23 - Nov 21 Don’t automatically assume that you can work out all your problems alone, Scorpio. Just talking things out with others may help shed light on a situation that baffled you earlier. Enlist the help of others in areas where you need it. We all have problems and issues to deal with. You aren’t alone.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 23 - Dec 21 You have a lot of emotional and physical energy that should help you accomplish whatever you need to do. The planetary energy is on your side. Take advantage of it to say what’s on your mind and get a step closer to wherever you need to be. Your active, receptive nature is prominent.

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ARIES Mar 21 - Apr 19 Listen closely to the wind, for the answers are blowing right in front of you, Aries. Make contact with people you haven’t heard from in a while. You can be quite productive today in unexpected situations. Ironically, the less you plan, the more you will accomplish. Be spontaneous.

LEO Jul 23- Aug 22 Today is a terrific day, Leo, and you can get a lot accomplished using your quick mind and sharp wit.

Information is flying quickly. Grab what resonates with you and discard the rest. The more informed you are, the better equipped you will be to handle the decisions of the day.

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PISCES Feb 19 - Mar 20 No one is going to cater to your needs today, Pisces, so get up and do things on your own. There’s little sympathy from others, and strong opinions are a dime a dozen. There’s a great deal of gossip buzzing around that you may be tempted to join. Don’t enable this sort of behavior.

CANCER Jun 22 - Jul 21 This is fine, but make sure it doesn’t deplete your vital life force. The key is to offer advice and then walk away from the situation. You aren’t responsible for other people’s actions. Offer information, but leave the final decision up to the person you’re trying to help.

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MUSTREAD Transit — by Abdourahman A. Waberi

Two immigrants from Djibouti find themselves at the French embassy. They are both seeking asylum from their war torn country. Bashir has recently left the army with multiple injuries both physical and mental. Harbi’s wife, Alice was killed by the police and had been arrested earlier and taken to the embassy. As the two wait they bond and trade their war stories. An embassy official mistakes Bashir for Harbi’s son and the two men do not do anything to correct it. So they are both exiled to France. Away from all the pain and chaos brought by the war.

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CROSSWORD Across 1. ____ sheet 5. Barely passing grade 10. Admins.

14. Biological groupings 15. Novelist Canetti 16. Utility abbr.

17. Bad things to be behind?

19. Computer info 20. Certain threesome 21. Offered a hand to 22. Inscrutable 26. Outstanding 30. Last battlers 34. Khaki twill 35. Lose color 36. Chickadee relative 37. “Hell ____ fury...”

39. Fast 42. Mideast land, for short 43. Acclaim 47. Biblical archangel 48. Door apertures 51. Keyed up 52. “The Natural State” 54. Bygone leaders 57. Scamps 62. Cod kin 63. Sensitive to others 66. Opposin’ 67. Silent actress Pola 68. Punjabi prince

69. “Winning ___ everything” 70. Moves to and fro 71. One of the baseball Boones Down 1. “Let it stand” 2. Au ____ (nanny’s kin) 3. Nov. 11 honoree 4. Styne collaborator 5. Bills to pay 6. Post-season game 7. Rapper ____ Wayne 8. “Friendly skies” carrier: Abbr.

9. Serpentine sound 10. Big name in Firenze 11. Pleased 12. Head, to Henri 13. Oodle 18. Attaches to 21. Feel off 23. ____ Maria (coffee liqueur) 24. Break off 25. Explorer John and actress Charlotte 26. ___ off the old block 27. Distinct stage 28. Liquid amount in Liverpool 29. Granite State sch.

31. Big mug 32. Ebb and others 33. Baroque or rococo 38. “I’ll do it, I’ll do it!”

40. Plotted revolt 41. Poet’s preposition

44. Ending for fib or form 45. Hibernation setting 46. Skeleton depository 49. Mom or pop 50. Lots of mins.

53. Hoopster Gilmore 54. Spiced beverage 55. Turns abruptly 56. Having similar properties 58. Peaches’ partner 59. ____-Tass 60. Midmorning hour 61. “Vamoose!”

63. Annapolis grad 64. Copy cats?

65. Links org.

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It’s time for you to repent, thee of double-speak leaders Inconsistency in ones doings and sayings is a sure sign of deceit and cowardice. But who can afford to elect deceitful and coward leaders who cannot stand to defend their words at all costs and who fumble whenever the light of truth shines?

Know ye today that POTUS will

catch you and hit you below the belt just as he did to opposition leaders.

But not only to the opposition, but also to all leaders who are in record talking ill of the West but pretended to be angels during US president’s visit I think we have tolerated the culture

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of double-speak in our societies for so long, so much so that we are no longer scared of it as a vice. However, two things are made evident by the Obama’s criticism of the opposition, which has captured news headline lately. First, there is always an end road to empty talks and unbridled

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fanaticism. It is easier to talk a truth than to devise a lie because a lie will require another lie to cover the first lie, which may not be available all the times. Second, double-speak is prevalent in Kenya simply because we are not ready to rebuke and tell our leaders off in season and out of

season, whether they like it or not.

Are we going to wait until Obama come back to Kenya and tell another lot off fooling folks or are we going to do it ourselves?

—Phabian Paul Jr, Nairobi

NHIF is like a pyramid scheme that doesn’t serve the people of Kenya I am sick and tired of paying for the National Hospital Insurance Fund! Aside from helping a few Kenyans get sub-standard medical care in abysmal medical facilities, it is utterly useless. Why do you think so many people have private medical insurance?

I urge the government to allow us to choose alternative healthcare covers, which we all know are better than the NHIF scheme!

I can get a cover from Resolution Health, Madison Insurance, Jubilee, Heritage or Safaricom’s Linda Jamii cover, which stemmed from a partnership with Britam and Changamka Micro-Insurance Ltd. I can get a better cover for less than 250 shillings a month!

NHIF is a pyramid scheme!

I don’t want my money wasted. It has been half a decade and the Fund has never helped

me. Not even once despite the fact that I was sick and injured on several occasions.

I want quality healthcare and the government is not giving it to me so let me spend my hard-earned money where I can get it!

Don’t force me to pay for something I don’t need; something I can happily live without.

I want private, dependable insurance – the kind that will get me 5-star treatment in a pristine hospital room.

To the government and the NHIF at large I say, away with your putrid hospital beds and your vomit-ridden floors! Let us decide or at least give us the option to choose which scheme best suits our needs.

—Dennis Lukhoba, Nairobi

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Sony humiliate troubled Leopards, coach Logarusic downs tools Sony Sugar injected more misery to Kenyan Premier League giants, AFC Leopards, after the beat them 2-1 in a keenly contested clash at Awendo Green Stadium on Monday.

A late spot-kick by Samuel Onyango Ingwe’s recent good run in the table. Leopards, who travelled without their head coach Zradvko Logarusic, fell behind on the stroke of half-time through Victor Ademba before substitute Joseph Njuguna restored parity on the 80th minute.

The hero of the day was Onyango who converted from 12-yards five minutes to regulation time to lift his side up to 12th on the log with 19 points and a game on hand.

Trouble at cash strapped Ingwe camp looks far from over with head coach Zdravko Logarusic downing tools due to unpaid salaries.

On Monday, interim executive committee officials were scrambling to convince the Croat who has been on a go slow to return to work.

Logarusic followed through his boycott through last week by refusing to accompany the team to their potential banana skin trip to play Sony Sugar in the melting cauldron of Awendo Green Stadium.

‘Loga’ as he is affectionately known, is demanding two-month dues in unpaid salary and bonuses, a broken chorus that has preyed on the Kenyan giants throughout the season.

Club acting Secretary General, Prof.

Asava Kadima said the Croat has turned down meetings with management unless his arrears that have topped Sh1m are settled.

“Communication is very important but he doesn’t want to understand where we are coming from. We remind the coach he is obliged to be on duty.

We will still request him to have a meeting so that we can bridge the gap,” Kadima underlined.

It is the second time the fiery Croat will be missing from the dugout due to unpaid dues after declining to travel with the team to Mumias in their first-leg clash against Thika United in April where they were held to a 1-1 draw. Despite the financial challenges that sparked a mass exodus of seasoned players at the Den, Logarusic managed to guide the new-look Ingwe to three wins and a loss in four second leg matches.

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WHERE’S THE MONEY? Trouble at cash strapped Ingwe camp looks far from over with head coach Zdravko Logarusic (pictured) downing tools due to unpaid salaries.

Afellay set for Stoke move

EYES ON WANJA’S ‘BALL’: Celebrated Volleyball Queen Janet Wanja in previous action. She has rekindled talks that she may be expecting a baby.

Netherlands winger Ibrahim Afellay is set to become the fourth former Barcelona player at Stoke City.

The 29-year-old free agent is having a medical at the Britannia Stadium after ending his fourand-a-half-year stay at the Nou Camp.

He made just nine starts for the Catalans, spending last season on loan at Greek side Olympiakos following a previous temporary stay at Schalke.

He has 50 caps for his country and will be the Potters’ eighth summer signing.

Afellay will join another ex-Barca winger, Moha El Ouriachi, in signing this summer, with Bojan Krkic and Marc Muniesa also at Stoke following spells at the Nou Camp. Potters manager Mark Hughes played for Barcelona in the 1980s.

Stoke secured ninth place last season - their best Premier League finish

Wanja takes pregnancy fight to social media Celebrated Volleyball Queen Janet Wanja has rekindled talks that she may be expecting a baby.

In her latest outburst after reports emerged on a section of the Media alluding to the fact she could be pregnant, the 31 year old Kenya Pipeline and national team setter who tied the knot with her British husband last year in private wedding has unleashed half naked pictures of herself with the message of hitting out to those generating rumours that she is pregnant.

The Malkia Strikers assistant captain took to social media to rubbish claims that she is pegged after posting much revealing half-naked photo of herself captioned “HATERS...Semeni sasa...

hehehe #wanjaborntobeawesomenotperfect’ on her social media page. The image, taken in Mombasa shows the players standing on (Arms-AKimbo) position in the Beach with the focus on her flat belly.

Wanja missed three of Kenya’s matches in Algeria during the second of 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix) after she strangely fell on arrival in Algiers after she fell ill just a day before Kenya played Mexico.

The long serving’s player’s illness was likened to pregnancy symptoms by various local media outlets but the setter strongly denied the allegations terming them baseless. According to Wanja, the sickness was due to a bacterial infection in her stomach.

DO YOU WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED? Netherlands winger Ibrahim Afellay (pictured) is set to become the fourth former Barcelona player at Stoke City.

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Wallbies meet Kiwis Australia to face New Zealand in final Australia scored three second-half tries to defeat Argentina in Mendoza and set up a Rugby Championship title decider against New Zealand.

The Wallabies had led 8-6 at half time before Dean Mumm, Tevita Kuridrani and Adam Ashley-Cooper crossed the line.

The bonus-point victory moves Australia level with the All Blacks with nine points at the top of the table.

The two teams will meet in Sydney on 8 August, when the winners will also claim the Bledisloe Cup title.

Australia captain Stephen Moore

said he was looking forward to the “massive game at our home ground”.

Moore, 32, also said he was “very proud” of his side’s performance in Argentina, having been frustrated for much of the match by a team who had defeated them 21-17 in last year’s competition, won by New

Zealand. “It’s always hard to come over here,” he said. “It was hard work in the first half but, similar to South Africa last week, our bench came on and really made a big difference.”

New Zealand, who have held the Bledisloe Cup for 10 matches since 2011, condemned South Africa to a

INTENSITY: Under-pressure England batsman Ian Bell has described Test cricket as a “brutal environment” a

second defeat in this season’s Rugby Championship with a 27-20 victory in Johannesburg on Saturday.

This year the four teams involved in the competition are playing each other only once instead of twice because of the World Cup, which starts in England on 18 September.

Blatter deserves Nobel Prize, Putin says Fifa president Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel Prize, says Russian president Vladimir Putin.

World football’s governing body is engulfed in a corruption crisis, an investigation into the award of the 2018 World Cup to Russia.

“People like Mr Blatter or the heads of big international sporting federations, or the Olympic Games, deserve special recognition,” said Putin.

“If there is anyone who deserves the Nobel Prize, it’s those people.”

Blatter announced he would be stepping down on 2 June following the arrest of seven Fifa officials as part of a United States investigation that saw 14 people indicted on corruption charges.

A separate criminal investigation by Swiss authorities into how the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were allocated is also under way.

Ashes 2015: Bell says Test Cricket is brutal environment Under-pressure England batsman Ian Bell has described Test cricket as a “brutal environment” ahead of the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston - but says there is no reason he cannot return to form.

Bell has scored just 117 runs in his last six Tests at an average of 10.63.

“It’s a brutal environment, international sport,” Bell said. “You have to perform.

“I’m realistic enough to know that I

haven’t played to the best of my ability in the last two months.”

Despite his struggles, Bell has been promoted up the order to number three for the match on his home ground and the Warwickshire batsman is optimistic that the move can revitalise his form.

“For me it’s about performing,” Bell told BBC Sport. “Whether you’re batting three, four or five you’ve got to score

hundreds and I’m looking forward to that challenge.

“I know that when I play at my best I’m a world-class cricketer.

“I went from a hundred in Antigua (in the first Test against the West Indies in April) to a little tricky run - who’s to say that there’s not a hundred round the corner and I go off on a good run?”

AWARD THIS MAN: Russian president Vladimir Putin (R) and Fifa president Sepp Blatter (L). Putin said that Blatter deserves a Nobel Prize.

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Lokadet’s solo goal locks out Kakamega from schools’ games Jonathan Lokadet’s solitary goal in the fifth minute was all former champions, St. Anthony High School needed to book a slot in the 2015 Airtel Rising Star-Kenya Secondary Schools Sport Association (KSSSA) term two ‘B’ Ball Games which kicked off on Tuesday in Machakos in a replay with Kakamega Boys during the scramble for Nzoia region Boys football slot.

St. Anthony successfully lodged a complaint after Kakemega were awarded the rights to represent the region following the aborted final held in Busia on July 11th. KSSSA executive ordered for the rematch at a neutral ground and St. Anthony used the second chance to inflict painful 1-0 win over their fiercest rivals, Green Commandos.

Unfortunately, Nzoia region circus seems is not going to end anytime soon

after Kakamega, again lodged complain protesting the decision to award St. Anthony a second chance.

The match had been awarded to Kakamega after a section of St. Anthony’s players protested Eric Ouma’s 75th minute goal which they argued was an offside. Chaos broke out forcing the Police to fire in the air to disperse the crowd that was baying for the referees blood forcing the abandonment of the mach.

St. Anthony was expected to kick off their campaign against favorites Kisumu Day (Lake Region) in Boys’s pool A match Kathungi of abadares taking on Nothern’s Garissa High. Pool B has Laiser Hill, Waa, Passenga and Simotwo.

Meanwhile, Upper Hill Boys’ dream of representing Metropolitan region at the national stage was thwarted on the last

day after Northern region tusked Garissa High with the burden of ensuring that the Boy’s football trophy steps foot in the north for the first time in the game’s over 25 years history following a late but successful regional trials held over the weekend.

Had northern not fielded a team, Upper Hill who lost the regional title to Laiser Hill in Machakos early this month could have taken the place of northern by virtue of Metropolitan region (which could have fielded two teams) being the host.

Garissa Boys will also be seeking a stake in the boys Volleyball to compete for the national honors alongside Malava Boys, Cheptill,Tetu and Hospital Hill among others. Net High will represent the northern region in Volleyball.

RISING STARS: Previous action of the Airtel Rising Star-Kenya Championships.

New sponsor, more money for Kenya Open

Newly elected Tennis Kenya has landed a new sponsor for the annual Kenya Open Tennis Championship in a deal worth Sh3 Million, X-News can authoritative report.

Britam Insurance has taken over the title sponsorship from Real Insurance in a deal which to be announced ’anytime’ from now. ​Kenyan Team of brothers Ishmael Changawa, Ibrahim

Kibet, Faizal Khan and Kevin Cheruito (men) Caroline Oduor, Page Mbugua, Shufa Changawa and Judy Nkatha (women) to African Games will use the event to ​gauge their strength ahead the Congo Brazzaville Games set for September.

Kenya Open, the premier Tennis championship in the country is expected to start on August 16-22.

Siblings, Ishmael and Shufa

are the defending champions of Kenya Open. This year’s event will be precede Britam Junior Open set for between Auust 8-11 at Nairobi Club.

Next week, August 2nd, Tennis Kenya will hold a Social Spoon champions.

The new announcement come barely a week after Tennis Kenya conduced a successful election which saw James Kenani take over the leadership of the

Association Rawal.

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TTennis Kenya Officials Chaiman-James Kenani 1st vice chairman- Francis Mutku 2nd Vice chairman-Martin Oluoch Hon.Secretary- Wanjiru Mbugua-Karani Treasurer-Robert Mburu Assistant Treasurer-Philip Illako Assistant Secretary-Martha Tirop Wheel Chair RepresentativeAlfred Simiyu

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Aucho a major doubt as Gor seek to reach Cecafa semifinals

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Gor Mahia FC players celebrate Erick Ochieng’s (C) goal against Khartoum NSC during their Cecafa Kagame Cup tournament match at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam on July 24, 2015.

The match ended 1-1.

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Can K’Ogalo maintain steam?

enyan Premier League champions Gor Mahia will be seeking to continue their admirable start to the season, locally and regionally when they take on South Sudan’s Al-Malakia in the Cecafa Kagame Cup quarter-final this evening.

Of immediate concern to the K’Ogalo ahead of the fixture is that midfielder Khalid Aucho remains a major doubt for the unbeaten Kenyan side.

The Frank Nuttall led side will be hoping to inch closer to making their dream of lifting a first regional title in 30 years in Tanzania against the newcomers.

The Ugandan, who was serving suspension in their final preliminary Group A clash against Telecom of Djibouti after picking two yellow cards, is racing against time to recover from a knock suffered in their 1-1 draw against Al-Khartoum of Sudan.

Nuttall who led his side to the last-eight after finishing top of their group on 10 points, is preparing for the quarters without the tenacious midfielder in mind.

“Aucho is a big doubt, his chances to feature are 30 percent because he took a bad tackle and hasn’t recovered fully,” Nuttall declared on Monday. The Scotsman has already surpassed his predecessor and countryman Bobby Williamson in leading the team out of the group phase.

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